El Porto Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.91° N 118.43° W

El Porto Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Porto Beach sea temperature is
22.9°C
4.2° 

El Porto Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Porto Beach today (12 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Porto Beach at 7AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (12 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (12 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

Table - waves today at El Porto Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 21°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.3
SW
19
0.3
SW
19
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
1
W
7
1.2
W
8
1.1
W
7
0.9
W
7
0.3
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SW
17
0.4
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
171
169
169
103
102
100
100
99
96
92
89
63
58
45
45
107
167
130
80
48
108
108
107
107
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSE
5
SE
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:48AM1.68m
11:04PM1.51m
11:15AM1.68m
11:47PM1.32m
11:42AM1.65m
Low Tide
4:34AM0.09m
5:01PM0.14m
5:00AM0.26m
5:44PM0.15m
5:23AM0.44m
6:31PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:04
7:02
7:01
 mm
Temp °C
23
23
23
24
25
24
23
23
22
22
22
24
25
24
23
23
22
22
22
24
25
24
22
22
Feels °C
26
25
25
26
27
25
24
25
24
24
24
25
26
24
24
24
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
23
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